ABSTRACT

Best practice is the concern of this book. An architect has to be an administrator as well as designer, and smooth economical administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be acheived.

The book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when.

This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the changes in terminology, technology, environmental demands and the legislative background.

Ronald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three.

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|2 pages

Preliminary enquiries

chapter 2|2 pages

Office programme

chapter 3|2 pages

Conditions of engagement

chapter 4|2 pages

Architect's appointment

chapter 5|2 pages

Client's project management

chapter 6|2 pages

Site inspection

chapter 7|2 pages

Survey

chapter 8|2 pages

Survey guide

chapter 9|2 pages

Briefing process

chapter 10|2 pages

Consultant recommendation

chapter 11|2 pages

Engineer appointment

chapter 12|2 pages

Quantity surveyor appointment

chapter 13|2 pages

Services consultants

chapter 14|2 pages

Consultants' meetings

chapter 15|2 pages

Murals or sculpture

chapter 16|2 pages

Statutory requirements

chapter 18|2 pages

Design proposals

chapter 19|2 pages

Presenting proposals

chapter 20|2 pages

Interim fees

chapter 21|2 pages

Other consents

chapter 22|2 pages

Adjoining owners

chapter 23|2 pages

Party structure notices

chapter 24|2 pages

Party structure settlement

chapter 25|2 pages

Drawings programme

chapter 27|2 pages

Public services

chapter 28|2 pages

Environmental services

chapter 29|2 pages

Materials

chapter 30|2 pages

Schedules

chapter 31|2 pages

Technical representatives

chapter 32|2 pages

Construction contract

chapter 33|2 pages

Sub-trades

chapter 34|2 pages

Practice

chapter 35|2 pages

Sub-contract tenders

chapter 36|2 pages

Sub-contractor nomination

chapter 37|2 pages

Cost records

chapter 38|2 pages

Insurances

chapter 40|2 pages

Clerk of works' appointment

chapter 41|2 pages

Clerk of works

chapter 42|2 pages

Compiling tender list

chapter 43|2 pages

Contract drawings

chapter 44|2 pages

Quantity surveyor brief

chapter 45|2 pages

Completed quantities

chapter 46|2 pages

Contract stage fees

chapter 47|2 pages

Tendering procedure

chapter 48|2 pages

Pre-contract review

chapter 49|2 pages

Receipt of tenders

chapter 51|2 pages

Placing the contract

chapter 52|2 pages

Contract interpretation

chapter 54|4 pages

The people involved

chapter 55|2 pages

Contractor's programme

chapter 56|2 pages

Adjoining properties

chapter 57|2 pages

Site reports

chapter 58|2 pages

Site meetings

chapter 59|2 pages

Architect's instructions

chapter 60|2 pages

Modifications

chapter 61|2 pages

Foundation stone

chapter 62|2 pages

Site progress photographs

chapter 63|2 pages

Site inspection

chapter 64|6 pages

Site inspection guide

chapter 65|2 pages

Certificate procedure

chapter 66|2 pages

Topping out ceremony

chapter 68|2 pages

Maintenance information

chapter 69|2 pages

Practical completion

chapter 71|2 pages

Defects liability

chapter 72|2 pages

Final certificate

chapter 73|2 pages

Final fees

chapter 74|2 pages

Records

chapter 75|2 pages

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